New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-10
TUE ATLANTIC WINS AGAIN.
,,,y OF FLuKEs FOR NEw-YoRK YACHTS
.orn,xc AHEAD OF TIE SHAMROCK IN HER CLASS
NOI'''..s, n.1.rrA M pRlscIILA RrArEN.


ruv cArATEA AND PRISCILLA BEATEN.
Yesterday was ANYTHING but yachting day, and
A., rcga,t, of the New. York Yacht Club was not,
therefore. entre success Inc weather was H
efan~e,be as the most tickle wonan's mind and all
a., lopr there ras not hours good sailing breeze
M olsmeuts had evidently set about dong rs much
az po.sble to discourage yachting, and they succeeucu
nretty well In dsgustn, most OF those VINO went W
tbe SANDY Hook Lightship First there was CAIN
.Loo a weakly puif Of air from the south. then ie"
,nipnte.' steady breeze from the southwest theh
1ycst-nortiwest squat accompanied by heavy ram
then another calm spell then little northeast 'ioW
calm an east wind. still another calm "e7'cr'S
breeze northwest squat. more caih-"nd ~ vi "
after 10 o'clock at sht, wnen the last Doa' o'OS''
the line 100000, 90 t,.or
Whatever the weather was II always seeneu 20 l'Nor
fhe b,c sloop Atlantic, and she Ton announcer I"Vc '
the aIote, and Priscilla largely through sheei PoC'-
inck When the wind did blow II was hol'eape,
howe er that she forged ahead at surprisingly Ioot
to If speed tor her. but she was 50 tar ah'ad Oh
.ae fleet at "a tiGes and her NnGS "eIe 80 Hlle''
from those encountered by thu otoer yhchl' uc'
turlinp points that there were no opportunities i'r
mailing trustworl D., comparisons. 1t cannot oe gam
Ia no>rrtheless that she is considerably faster
Than last vear and tint there i considerable dOuo,
now whether any OF the New-l oTk siooPs can yea,
bsr when she Is properly handled As an evidence Vi
tLe variable conditions under which the boats s~ied
:. - la soid that the (iaatca went from the start
i le IN the Southwest spit ten minutes ana thlity-
five seconds quicker than the Atlantic, "hho t"e
pride ot Bay Ridge covered the distance between tha
Ioiut and the sandy Hook Lghtshii fifteen minutes
Quicker than Lieutenant Henns cutter ana Oeal her
over tie whole iorty-seycn minutes anu eis"'
seconds, actual time.
J. Ro,ers Maxwelrs new second class sloop sus'
tanned her reputation flyer by leading al the
feet exc.pt the Atlantic at the finish. She WAS not
as far ahead the vessels OF her class as Oh TUESDAY
Int led the Ttania whose scalp" she was chiefly
looking for. by six minutes and thirty-hve seconds
{" The start will take place at IL o'clock precisely
II pos,iho" said the club programme. The saving
nhr,e proved 10 be happy thought, Tor at that hOur
tbere yos not enough air astir TO carry the smoke
away from a cigar As early as 1880 o'clock the
flagship Electra, with tie regatta committee ana
indies aboard went down from the city ana drOI pea
Ter anchor OFF Owls Head. about quarter OF nlle
south of Buo, No Is. few minutes later tne Tug
Iuckephack took her position as abreast o.
Commodore Gerry's steamer about OtO lee' iciIer
the LoiiI Island shore. The starting line was thus
marked and everything ~as ready, bat there was i
lone wait The racing boats we're then anchored OH
~ RIDGE with nlainraIls and club tOpsal~ set and
booms held dead att by cIutch tackle CIuS'eiel
about them big fleet OF steam yachts eAcursioh
steamers and tugs tie smoke IRON their STACKS cuIl-
inc lazily skyward Every once III WINE one Oh
Them would run alongside the Electra to inquire II
,here was any prospect of race The answers rs a
rule were rather unsatisfactory as the regatta com
Inittre were not adopts at guessing whether theIe
would be- a breeze or not All sorts OF pIoShosllS'-
tions were forthcoming from OId sheIb"chS' VINO
rophesied every style OF weather from nor west gaze
to a eight hour calm, and eS II turned OUT Elvu'
many OF them happened to hit II r1ght. Among 'ue
team v,cbts that lowered about the line w Il.
Va"dcibiIps bg Engli-h-modelled Alya the Aida.
conspicuous for her three masis yellow tunnel ana
tlue hull the Lille. flagship OF the american achl
Climb carving Commodore W. III. Starbuck and lew
friends the Fra Diavalo. of which Colonel Cockerll.
nj L" The World Is part owner; the Dagm
Clara Viola, MaiOn sPuzze, Oneida Meteor kadh''
trienta. Lucille aud Vision. On the iron steamer
ourls were the club members who have not the good
fortune TO own yachts, and the club invited guests,
md the decks of the steamer Cepheus, COun bd ana
Fredcrlck peI}arrv were well filed by sight Seers
Tho fast tug g. L. Haviland, commanded 10y captain
John Gully was chartered by the newspaper men, ana
several time during the day showed heT heels 10 to
ms G. C. Clarke. IyaEhoe Harry Rousse, Enterprise
and Burgess. which brought parties down 10 see tue
Iacs. The schooner yachts Ruth. Kay, Kena, Morse
man Wave Crest, Republic southern Gross ana
Norma tine sloo;s Vision. Dolphin and Naikyr the
vawl Cvthera and the cutter Meduss We're olso on
hand 70 see the racers start at Owls Head and many
Of them took a spin down 10 the Hook:
little at .er enough air came from the south
70 make tine bunting utter, and the regatta conltIee
were so that this was an omen oil Nlu 'hAt al
1924 D. IN. they ordered the gun ON the Electra TO DC
fred as a preparatory sigma. Ten minutes later ~hen
Tho starting signal was made there was il possible,
less air moving and the yachts, which were now
1nassed north of the lire. had considerable Uhculty
IN getting across az nst the tide, which was just turn
ing The little cutter Uldla got away INST, three
minutes and two seconds the firing OF the gam
nd slowly started the cOrise, which was thrOugN
the NarrOvs to and around BuOvs No. 10 ana SO OF
the Southwest s. it, 10 and around Sandy HOOK Ligh
slim and return b, the route to Buoy Nc 10,
distance Of thirty-three knots. Twenty I'VE OF the
twentv-eiqht yachts entered started and all hui nine
o them " hO succccdtd IN getting over the ilne before
the estimation the ten-minutes limit. were haudl
capped OF them "a much as thFee-quarers OF ~
hour. All boats which passed the slakeboats aitel
l24i we're considered having started nj mat une.
The order and actual time OF starting each boat was
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